Sentences with phrase «entire point of this passage»

Not exact matches

Paul says it in Ephesians 2:8, and he also says it in Ephesians 2:5, and it is the central idea and the main point of the entire passage.

In the rest of this passage, I am not going to work though the entire passage in detail, but just provide a few of the highlights, and point you to the text of a sermon I preached on James 2 about seven years ago.

The entire passage reads, «In spite of the many kinds of love, which in Greek are designated as philia (friendship), eros (aspiration toward value), and epithymia (desire), in addition to agape, which is the creation of the Spirit, there is one point of identity in all these qualities of love, which justifies the translation of them all by «love»; and that identity is the «urge toward the reunion of the separated,» which is the inner dynamics of life.

The reaction of Jesus provides the point of the entire passage.

Justin concludes that «Paul's entire point in this passage was to show his audience that all of us are sinners in need of a Savior.

In the same way that we must not prop up single passages out of context to support our views, we must also not see entire topics (such as tithing) as independent teaching points that can be disconnected from God's central message.

Below are the sermon notes for how I preached this passages about 20 years ago... If you read through it, please note that I disagree with what I say about «salvation,» with what I say about prayer, Bible study, and church attendance, and what I say about the overall point of the entire passage of Ephesians 2.